1 kilometer in yards

Result

The conversion result is: 1 kilometer is equivalent to 1093.61329833771 yards.^[1]

Conversion in the opposite direction

The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 yard is equal to 0.0009144 times 1 kilometer.

It can also be expressed as: 1 kilometer is equal to 1 / 0.0009144 yards.

Approximation

An approximate numerical result would be: one kilometer is about one thousand and ninety-three point six zero yards, or alternatively, a yard is about zero times one kilometer.

Units involved

This is how the units in this conversion are defined:

Kilometers

The kilometre or kilometer (American spelling) is a unit of length in the metric system, equal to one thousand metres (kilo being the SI prefix for 1000). It is now the measurement unit used officially for expressing distances between geographical places on land in most of the world; notable exceptions are the United States and the road network of the United Kingdom where the statute mile is the official unit used.

Yards

The yard (abbreviation: yd) is an English unit of length, in both the British imperial and US customary systems of measurement, that comprises 3 feet or 36 inches. It is by international agreement in 1959 standardized as exactly 0.9144 meters. A metal yardstick originally formed the physical standard from which all other units of length were officially derived in both English systems.

Footnotes

[1] The precision is 15 significant digits (fourteen digits to the right of the decimal point).

Results may contain small errors due to the use of floating point arithmetic.